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High-street clothing retailer Marks & Spencer is set to outsource its Internet shopping services to a major IT provider. It wants to integrate a number of electronic selling channels into one order processing system by the summer of next year.
Recession could be on its way, so it’s vital that purchasing professionals keep in touch with the economic situation. Melinda Johnson offers some help
Electronics manufacturer Viasystems is to cut around 850 jobs, about half the workforce at its two Tyneside plants. The company, which makes printed circuit boards for the telecoms and automotive sectors, blames the losses on the continuing downturn in the global electronics market.
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Construction firms fear a May election would add further delays to the launch of the NHS Estates’ £3 billion procurement programme, Procure 21. Under the deal, framework agreements from three to five years long will be signed with a small number of contractors for projects worth £1 million or over.
Construction firms fear a May election would add further delays to the launch of the NHS Estates’ £3 billion procurement programme, Procure 21. Under the deal, framework agreements from three to five years long will be signed with a small number of contractors for projects worth £1 million or over.
Grocery Logistics is suing software supplier Manugistics for more than £7 million in a dispute over a supply chain package. Grocery claims that the Manugistics software did not live up to contractual expectations. Manugistics denies the allegations. A High Court hearing has yet to be scheduled.
The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (Liffe) is to spin off its information technology division in the next year.
Commerce One has acquired e-business solutions provider Exterprise. It aims to integrate the company’s e-marketplace applications for online selling and sourcing into its own MarketSite e-marketplace this year. Commerce One said the purchase would enable clients and software vendors to develop a broad range of collaborative e-marketplace-based packages.